Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag was on the membership’s Carrington coaching floor brilliant and early on Monday morning as he aimed to place the weekend’s 3-0 thrashing by Tottenham behind him.
The Dutchman is the bookmakers’ favorite to be the subsequent Premier League supervisor to depart his place, after seeing his United facet take simply seven factors from their opening six video games.
Ten Hag wore a glum expression on his face as he was pictured driving into Carrington whereas it was nonetheless darkish exterior.
He had been requested about his future following Sunday’s defeat at Outdated Trafford. However he replied: ‘No, I’m not serious about this.
‘All of us made collectively this choice to remain collectively, as an possession, a management group in the summertime, additionally we made the choice from a transparent evaluate what we now have to enhance and the way we wish to assemble a squad.
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag arrived for work brilliant and early on Monday morning
Ten Hag was pictured driving into United’s Carrington coaching floor whereas it was nonetheless darkish
The Dutchman has a whole lot of work on his palms following a disappointing begin to the season
‘However we knew it can take a while, how the window went, some gamers late in like Ugarte. Additionally, we now have to make some enchancment in organisation, some accidents, we’d like a while.
‘We’re all on one web page or in a single boat collectively, the possession, the employees and the gamers as properly. I haven’t got that concern.’
Ten Hag got here near shedding his job on the finish of final season after he oversaw United’s lowest end in Premier League historical past (eighth) – though he then gained the FA Cup.
United’s house owners, led by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, appeared for attainable replacements earlier than finally deciding in July to stay with Ten Hag, whose contract was prolonged till June 2026.
Ten Hag was additionally backed within the switch market this summer time, with United bringing in Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and Manuel Ugarte.
4 of these gamers featured towards Spurs, with solely Yoro lacking as a result of a foot damage sustained in pre-season.
Ten Hag pictured at Outdated Trafford on Sunday following his staff’s 3-0 defeat by Tottenham
Alejandro Garnacho (entrance) and Matthijs de Ligt pictured applauded the followers as he walked off
Striker Dominic Solanke pictured (centre) scoring Tottenham’s third and remaining aim on Sunday
However United had been vastly inferior to Tottenham, who ought to have been greater than 1-0 in entrance by the point Bruno Fernandes was proven a questionable purple card for a foul on James Maddison within the forty second minute.
Having been dominant towards United’s 11 males, Spurs continued to boss the competition towards 10 as Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke joined Brennan Johnson on the scoresheet at Outdated Trafford.
Talking on Sky Sports activities on Sunday night, Jamie Redknapp described United’s newest show as ‘the form of efficiency that will get the supervisor the sack’.
Former Spurs and Liverpool captain Redknapp additionally mentioned: ‘When your membership are actively in search of one other supervisor, you are in a massively untenable place as a result of the gamers know that you simply’re not the person. You can’t hold the supervisor after in search of different managers.
‘They’re taking part in like they’re misplaced. The gamers that they’ve introduced in do not look proper. This membership has a DNA of attacking. I see too many gamers not placing that additional effort in. This membership just isn’t constructed like that.
‘I do not see how he can hold his job with these performances. I do not understand how he can flip it round. I do know he gained two trophies final 12 months however I do not understand how he can take them ahead, however I do not know who’s.
‘They’ve scored 5 targets in six video games, Man United. This can be a graveyard for nice gamers. Anybody that comes right here simply goes downhill. Everyone seems to be so devoid of confidence and perception.’
Brennan Johnson (left) and Dejan Kulusevski (proper) additionally discovered the online for Spurs at Outdated Trafford
Two of Tottenham’s targets got here after United captain Bruno Fernandes (proper) had been despatched off
Jamie Redknapp mentioned United put it ‘the form of efficiency that will get the supervisor the sack’
Fellow Sky pundit Gary Neville, a membership legend at United, additionally tore into Ten Hag’s staff on Sunday.
Talking at half-time, Neville referred to as United and ‘absolute shame’.
He added: ‘Most likely one of many worst halves I’ve seen underneath Ten Hag and that is saying one thing.
‘[Ten Hag] cannot consider what he is watching. I am unable to consider what I am watching, it is terrible. It truly is unhealthy.
‘I am not even speaking about scoring targets, I am speaking in regards to the fundamentals. They give the impression of being shot to items, the lot of them.’
Neville continued: ‘I believe there have been higher Sunday league groups this morning that what we have seen from United this primary half. Pub soccer.’
Gary Neville mentioned that United’s first-half efficiency was among the many worst of Ten Hag’s tenure
Neville mentioned at half-time: ‘I believe there have been higher Sunday league groups this morning’
The previous United captain had extra to say at full-time. ‘Sensible from Tottenham. They had been excellent, they performed actually good soccer from minute one,’ Neville admitted.
‘For United, the large story at the moment is in that first half they’ve chosen to place within the very worst attainable efficiency.
‘It was a fully disgusting efficiency in that first half in effort, high quality, all the things you’ll need from a soccer staff. Questions are going to be requested of that supervisor and the staff.’
United now face two tough-looking away video games – first at Porto within the Europa League on Thursday, earlier than they go to Aston Villa within the Premier League subsequent weekend.
